archaeologize

== English == === Alternative forms === archaeologise, archeologize, archeologise, archæologise, archæologize === Etymology === From archaeology +‎ -ize. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɑːkiːˈɒləd͡ʒaɪz/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑɹkiˈɑləd͡ʒaɪz/ Rhymes: -ɒlədʒaɪz === Verb === archaeologize (third-person singular simple present archaeologizes, present participle archaeologizing, simple past and past participle archaeologized) (transitive) To treat archaeologically; to explore by means of archaeology. (intransitive) To study or practise archaeology. === Further reading === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “archæologize, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.